A FUND is being raised to purchase a church building at Lowry, W. Va.
ALL the tent efforts in eastern Pennsylvania have been successful this season so far as reported.
A FUND of several hundred dollars has been raised toward the erection of a church building at Woonsocket, S. D.
A REPORT from Artesian, S. D., says: “Honest hearts are being touched and turned to obey the gospel. Quite a number have taken their stand. We feel sure that more will.”
ELDER J. B. GOODRICH reports the recent organization of a Sabbath-school at Cambridge, Maine; also a meeting there at which three young men took a decided stand to be Christians.
THE Los Angeles, Cal., church is erecting a new school building in the suburb known as Edendale. This is the second church-school building now owned by our people in this city.
THE West Michigan Herald of September 13 reports: “Four young men who were baptized at the Allegan camp-meeting united with the Otsego church last Sabbath. It was a day of rejoicing to all who were present.”
A REPORT of recent work by Elder J. H. Schilling at Lancaster, Pa., says: “Seven have been baptized. Several others have expressed their determination to walk in the light, and will follow in the ordinance of baptism later.”
A REPORT from the work at Williamsport, Pa., states that progress is being made, in spite of much underhand opposition, which has caused the honest ones to be slow in coming to a decision; but nine have accepted the truth. One pleasing feature is that some who had given up the truth have been reclaimed. One brother there has been arrested at the instigation of the local W. C. T. U. for keeping his store open on Sunday.
THE South Dakota Worker of September 19 says: “At the last Sabbath meeting of the Elk Point church, several of the members pledged themselves to pay a certain amount each month for the support of a native Chinese laborer in China, for a year. This action was taken in response to the missionary readings for Sabbath, September 9, particularly that part of one of the readings which was an appeal for means to support a Chinese worker. Several of the brethren had been thinking for some time that it would be a good thing for the church to make a gift of this kind, and this pledge will mean a hundred dollars or more for the Chinese field. This occasion was one of rejoicing to the church.”
A GOOD work is being accomplished by tent-meetings in Philadelphia. The Atlantic Union Gleaner reports: “The owner of the lot whereon Elder Charles Baierle had his tent, at Twenty-eighth and Montgomery Streets, Philadelphia, was not in harmony with the ‘doctrine,’ and gave notice that the tent must be even taken off from his premises promptly on the day of the expiration of the lease. This of course seemed unfortunate, yet thirteen are keeping the Sabbath as a result of the work done there. Elder Baierle then moved his tent to Thirtieth Street and Lehigh Avenue, and is now in the midst of a second and very promising effort.”
DURING the recent camp-meeting at Cloverdale, Cal., August 17-27, the missionary society of the conference was gratified to find fifty-five heads of families on the grounds who were already subscribers to the good old REVIEW. Eight new subscriptions were secured, making a total of sixty-three REVIEW subscribers—a splendid showing for so small a camp-meeting. The total number of periodical subscriptions taken by the two agents on the grounds was seventy-six, among which were thirty-four for Life and Health, and twenty-eight for the Recorder. As Brother Bourdeau remarks: “The very fact that so many on the grounds were subscribers for the REVIEW, explains to quite an extent why the Cloverdale camp-meeting was such a good one.”—Pacific Union Recorder.
_Education and Redemption_
By Golda L. Abbott
THAT education is inseparably linked with redemption—that they two are one—is a truth the proof of which stands forth in bold relief in the annals of history. Within the courts of heaven it was mind that first met mind in conflict, and within our little world, the great arena of the universe, the inhabitants of heaven and of unfallen worlds have become a witness to the continued struggle. Under the spreading branches of the tree of life, man was given direct communication with the infinite words of living truth. While within the shadow of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, he was given another word, the opposite of the word of God. It was wrapped in the deceptive glitter of promised knowledge. But with that word came a self-worship, and his mind became “enmity against God.” Doubt took the place of faith, error took the place of truth, and man by choice became a participant in that fearful conflict waged between the two great powers striving for the supremacy of the world,—powers of truth and error, life and death.
Passing beyond the gates of paradise, we can trace without difficulty the development of the two classes of minds,—the one developed in the school of doubt, the other based upon divine wisdom. Faith in the word of God has from the beginning guided its adherents. At a time when false education had mantled the world in the midnight gloom of “physical degeneracy, mental stupor, and spiritual death,” when Egyptian wisdom and Grecian culture, pedestaled upon Roman supremacy, bore universal sway over the minds of men, at a time when even in Israel the voice of God was no21longer heard, when humanity was fast reaching the lowest point of sin and degradation,—at that time heaven bestowed its greatest gift, the Son of God. He went forth to meet the world’s greatest need, and to proclaim freedom to the fettered mind, and the knowledge of the Eternal. ‘And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.’
‘Leaving his position upon the throne of the universe,’ ‘the Son of God came to earth to live a man among men.’ And as he lay a helpless babe within the arms of a lovely Nazareth mother, he, like every other child of the human family, was confronted by a choice between two educational systems,—the one the unfolding of that wisdom born of God, whose gift is eternal life; the other but the cultivation of that wisdom originating in satanic philosophy, whose reward is death,—the one a system of education built upon the everlasting rock of truth believed; the other founded upon the crumbling stones of mingled truth and error, a system of human reasoning with ‘doubt the pedagogue which leads to knowledge.’
Born amid surroundings the rudest, sharing a peasant’s home, a peasant’s fare, a craftsman’s occupation, living a life of obscurity, identifying himself with the world’s unknown toilers, Jesus followed the divine plan of education. Away from the influences of the schools of his time, where ‘the traditions of men’ were taught for ‘truth,’ the Christ-child, guided by a mother who had yielded herself as ‘the handmaid of the Lord,’ obtained his education from divinely appointed sources. The prophetic scrolls and nature, teeming with divine wisdom, his useful toil, and the experiences of his life,—these were his lesson books. When he became a man, it was still in the Word of God alone that he found an assurance of his divine mission, a declaration of his connection with heaven. While those about him had been dealing with sciences of human origin, supplanting the worship of God by the worship of self, the world’s Redeemer, alone and unnoticed, ‘emptied himself of himself,’ and stretching forth the hand of faith, gathered the hidden treasures of the knowledge of the Eternal. Living not by bread alone, but by every word which proceedeth out of the mouth of God, he stood before the world, ‘the truth, the way, and the life,’ ‘the Word of God made manifest.’
In the highest and truest sense the work of education and redemption are one; and he who would become a Christian ‘must receive a Christian education.’ He must respond to the command, ‘Be not conformed to this world; but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.’ ‘Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus.’ ‘In the Teacher sent from God all true educational work finds its center. Of this work to-day, as verily as the work he established eighteen hundred years ago, the Saviour speaks in the words, ‘I am the first and the last, and the living one.’ ‘I am the Alpha and the Omega, . . . the beginning and the end.’” In the presence of such a Teacher, of such opportunity for divine education, worse than folly is it to seek an education apart from him,—to seek to be wise from wisdom; to be true while rejecting the truth; to seek illumination apart from the light, an existence apart from the life; to turn from the fountain of living water, and hew out broken cisterns that can hold no water.
GOLDA L. ABBOTT.
What Do They Miss?
By William C. White
Is there a family of Sabbath-keepers in your neighborhood who does not receive the REVIEW? Is there a member of your church who does not have an opportunity to read it? What are they missing that would help them in their Christian experience?
What do you find in the REVIEW that helps you in Christian living? I find in it spiritual encouragement and instruction, and a clear setting forth of the plan of the warfare in which we are engaged. When disheartened or perplexed, I find in the REVIEW the record of the Lord's work for the enlightenment and deliverance of his people from opposition and temptation; and my courage is renewed.
I shall never forget the joyous countenance of Brother James Erzenberger, thirty-five years ago, as he would hold up the dear old REVIEW, and exclaim, “I have received a large letter.” So I find it,—a large letter from my dearest friends, and telling the very things about which I am most anxious to hear.
The progress of the message is the most interesting news that the believer in the message can hear. And the REVIEW is full of cheering news, not only from all parts of America, but from all parts of the world.
Have you an honored friend engaged in missionary work in Syria, Africa, South America, or China? He may not have time to write to you individually, but you can read his letter in the REVIEW. Are you contributing to the support of a pioneer work in Alaska, Mexico, Japan, or the West Indies? In the columns of the REVIEW you will find a record of the work done there.
Those who seldom see the REVIEW do not realize what they miss by not having it. How can we help them to know the value of its weekly visits?
This we can do. Carefully keep each paper, mark the articles most likely to interest and benefit the reader, and then, when your own family has finished reading it, send it to those who do not have it. When they become interested, ask them to subscribe. W. C. WHITE.
Worldly Wealth and the Christian Journey
“The Christian may gather worldly wealth in his pilgrimage. But let it not hinder him in his journey. Let him carry it heavenward, or it will carry him earthward. Let him consecrate it for the development of religion, or it will desecrate that religion. Let him sacrifice it on the altar of the Lord, or it will sacrifice his spiritual prosperity on its altar.”
Christian Education
Conducted by the Department of Education of the General Conference.
L. A. HOOPES, Chairman.
FREDERICK GRIGGS, Secretary.
A Plea for Fresh Air in the Schoolroom
THERE is plenty of fresh air in the world; it costs absolutely nothing, and is very easy to obtain; yet what is so rare as a room, especially a schoolroom, that contains a sufficient supply of this cheap, abundant, and desirable substance? The foul air of hot, close rooms is responsible for a large part of the inattention and incapacity found in our schools.
The writer not long ago opened door after door in a graded school, and closed each again quickly because it was impossible to enter the rooms on account of the stifling air inside. Outside it was December, the air fresh and bracing, but warmed by Virginia sunshine. Yet there was not a single window open in the whole building. Each of the sixteen-feet-square rooms had a hot fire in the stove, and contained from twenty to forty children or grown boys and girls. A second attempt was made to visit this school, and by leaving the door wide open in the first room and standing in the doorway, it was possible to remain for a few moments to observe the class. The pupils sat listlessly at their desks with heads bent over their books. Some were nodding—almost asleep. A few who had been at the board, walked languidly to their seats. The teacher slowly advanced to meet the visitor, and politely offered a chair, attempting at the same time to close the door. But the chair was courteously declined, and the position in the doorway maintained while some inquiries were made, and then the visitor passed on, wondering what sort of future citizens that teacher would make of her pupils.
Similar conditions, varying only in degree, have been found in many schools both in country and in city. Doors have been opened on arithmetic classes, physiology lessons, writing exercises, and reading classes, but never in the course of many years’ experience has this visitor chanced to interrupt a gymnastic exercise or a game in the schoolroom. Never have the windows been found wide open, and the children running or jumping or marching to stir their blood and quicken their energies. Often has the question been asked, “Would you like to hear the children sing?” but never, “Would you like to see the children play while we air the room?”
Frequently, even at recess time, the teacher remains in the room, and perhaps keeps in with him for punishment some unruly child, both continuing to inhale air long since made foul by the breath of scores of persons. The windows remain closed; the naughty child becomes naughtier, and the teacher crosser; the others return from walking about outside, glad to get back to the warmth of the close little room; and soon all are listless and stupid, and the weary round continues day after day and month after month until one wonders that any good material survives the ordeal.
This state of things is not, however, universal. There are notable exceptions. The writer has in mind a three-story school building with four large rooms on each floor, all filled with colored children, all well ventilated, and all having their doors kept wide open into large, airy, well-lighted halls. Country schools, too, have been found containing plenty of fresh air and bright, wide-awake children and teachers, but these are exceptions. The ill-ventilated room is the rule; fresh air is tabooed; the spirit of play is frowned upon; a child is learning nothing unless he has a book in his hand.
It is easy to change all this. Let the teacher take the matter in hand. It involves no expense—nothing but a little thought and energy. First let him resolve that the air in his schoolroom must be good. Let him see that the windows are opened before school in the morning, at recess, and at noon. Let him see that the fire is kept low. He should, if possible, have a thermometer, and keep the temperature at about sixty-five degrees. Then let him set his ingenuity to work and plan how to let in as much fresh air as possible during the day. One way is to throw open the windows after every two or three recitations, and give the children simple gymnastic exercises or let them play games for two, three, or five minutes to keep themselves warm. The time will not be wasted; more work will be accomplished in the end. And the teacher need not fear being discovered by superintendent or parents in the midst of a game; for a superintendent who does not approve of keeping the air good in a schoolroom and the pupils wide-awake is not worthy to hold office, and parents who will not uphold a teacher in his efforts to produce these results may well be spared from among his patrons.—Southern Workman.
A Laudable Movement
IN its issue of September 13 our esteemed helper in the truth, The Signs of the Times, speaks appreciatively of the REVIEW. We quote as follows:—
“Our good church paper, the REVIEW AND HERALD, has been holding up the22light of truth in the city of Washington, D. C., for two years. Its editors and managers, together with the General Conference officers, have fought a good fight there against the powers of darkness—the advocates of church and state union, or church dictation in the affairs of the government.
“The REVIEW is now well established in the capital city of the world’s greatest republic, and in a position to wield a far greater influence for religious liberty, and the proclamation of the gospel of the coming kingdom, than ever it has wielded before, or could wield in any other place.
“But the REVIEW is primarily the organ of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and its greatest power for good must be, in the very nature of things, wielded through and by its church constituency. It is also the organ of the Mission Board, and through its columns are given reports of the work throughout the world.
“The laudable movement for placing the REVIEW in every Sabbath-keeping family in the country, where the English language is read, has met encouraging success. So much so that, in the near future, the brother or sister without the church paper will not be abreast with the progress of the work, or abreast with the church in the onward march to victory. It is a time now when none can afford to be behind.
“If you do not now enjoy the weekly visits of the church and mission organ, with its volume of indispensable information, you should subscribe at once. If you are a subscriber, be sure not to let your subscription lapse. No Seventh-day Adventist family can afford to be without the REVIEW AND HERALD.”
Suggestive Program
For Sabbath, October 7, 1905
SINGING: “Hymns and Tunes,” No. 97 —“O Worship the King All-glorious Above.”
SONG: “Hymns and Tunes,” No. 1241 —“While the Days Are Going By.”
READING: “The Work Among the Colored People” (page 19 of this paper), Elder J. E. White.
SONG: “Hymns and Tunes,” No. 1056 —“Work, for the Night Is Coming.”
READING: “The Collection for the Colored Work” (page 7 of this paper), Mrs. E. G. White.
COLLECTION (for work among the colored people in the South).
SONG: “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow.”
Current Mention
— A revolution is reported to be in progress in Colombia.
— A recent fire at Nome, Alaska, destroyed sixty buildings.
— It is announced from Germany that the cholera epidemic in that country has been checked.
— Attempts to grow cotton in Sierra Leone and Nigeria, Africa, are pronounced a failure.
— The uprising in the Russian Caucasus appears to have reached the dimensions of a revolution.
— Americans who have recently returned from Cuba, express grave concern over future conditions growing out of the political turmoil.
— Twelve lives were lost, with millions of dollars’ worth of property, by recent floods in sections of Missouri, which are unprecedented for this season of the year.
— Sweden has demanded that Norway withdraw its troops from the frontier as a preliminary to further sessions of the conference having charge of the dissolution of the union. Norway has promised to comply with this demand.
— Reports from the famine districts in Spain show that the workmen threaten to burn and sack if they are not furnished with food. Appeals have been sent to the government to distribute rations.
— Dr. Thomas John Barnardo, the well-known founder and director of philanthropic institutions by which over 60,000 orphan waifs have been rescued, trained, and placed out in life, died in London, England, September 19.
— There is a prospect of war between France and Venezuela, growing out of the refusal of President Castro to yield to the claims of the French Cable Company. The United States, it is said, will give France a free hand in dealing with Venezuela.
— The czar of Russia has issued a call for another peace conference at The Hague, and President Roosevelt, who had previously issued a similar call, has deferred in the matter to the czar. It is expected that about six months will elapse before the conference convenes.
— A report of Japan’s losses in men in the recent war, which comes from Tokyo, gives the following figures: “Killed, 46,180; died of wounds, 10,970; died of sickness, 15,300. The percentage of deaths from sickness was less than one fourth of the total, which is not paralleled in the annals of war.”
— Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria-Hungary faces a crisis on account of opposition from the Hungarian leaders. The chief point in dispute is that of the language to be used in giving commands to the army, the Hungarians demanding that the Magyar language be used, and the emperor firmly refusing such a concession.
— Yellow fever still continues in New Orleans with a record of about forty new cases daily. During the ten weeks of the epidemic, ending September 23, there have been over 2,800 cases, with 365 deaths. The plague is spreading through the surrounding country, and at Hamburg, Miss., is beyond the control of the local authorities.
— A German Socialist congress at Jena, September 23, unanimously adopted a resolution by Dr. Bebel, declaring that inasmuch as all the political parties in Germany were seeking to hinder the growth of the Socialist movement by restricting or abolishing manhood suffrage and the secret ballot, the Socialists were justified in using their utmost efforts to combat this attack on the nation’s political rights, and recommending the organizing of all workers for a general strike, if necessary, to protect these rights.
— From present indications another great coal strike appears inevitable, and both mine owners and miners are preparing for the struggle. The award of the commission appointed by President Roosevelt, by which, after every other means had been exhausted, the former strike was settled, has lost its potency, though the agreement by which its provisions remain operative does not expire until April 1, 1906. Press reports state that “both sides seem to be preparing for a struggle the like of which has never been seen in this country. Not only are railroads and coal operators exhausting their storage facilities, but the miners are strengthening their finances, enlarging their order, and making every preparation for a desperate conflict.”
— A recent London dispatch gives the following information regarding the present status and prospects of the reform movement in Russia: “The reform movement in Russia has not yet recovered from the confusion and demoralization into which it was thrown by the unexpected peace treaty. The leaders are still struggling with the new situation, and will not be prepared for some time yet to announce a new program. Violence is still confined to the fringes of the empire, and for the time being the people’s leaders themselves are trying to check it, except in the Caucasus. The Baltic provinces are seething with revolt, but the leaders are avoiding a concerted outbreak. The wisest men in Poland are warning the Poles that the time is inopportune for an insurrection which might bring upon them not only the Russian, but the German army. In the Caucasus alone has the uprising developed the real proportions of a revolution, and the indications are that the insurgents will gain complete temporary control of the country.”
NOTICES AND APPOINTMENTS
By Editor
Camp-Meetings for 1905
ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE
Greater New York (conference),
New York City .................. Oct. 4-8
SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
Florida, Plant City ............ Oct. 5-15
CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE
Kansas (local), Independence
................................. Oct. 3-9
PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE
California, Hanford District .... Oct. 19-29
California, San Diego ...........
The presidents of the various conferences are requested to send us information regarding any meetings not mentioned in the preceding table, so that we may be able to give a complete list. Please inform us at once of any corrections or additions that should be made to this report.
Notice!
By C. F. Dart
If those who are not coming South, and yet would like to help carry on the work in this field, will write me, I will give them a plan by which they can greatly aid in the spread of the message in this Southern field. My post-office address is Gaffney, S. C.
C. F. DART, State Agent.
Notice!
ARE you coming South to canvass? Do you wish to work in a milder climate? Would you like to help in a needy field? Would you like to canvass in a field where none of our literature has been sold? If so, please correspond with the State agent, C. F. Dart, Gaffney, S. C.
Publications Wanted
THE following persons desire late, clean copies of our publications, post-paid:—
Mrs. J. J. Claflin, 549 Magnolia Ave., Riverside, Cal., Signs, Watchman, Life Boat, health journals, and tracts.
Mrs. A. T. Squires, Hildebran, N. C., REVIEW, Signs, Watchman, Life Boat, Bible Training School, and tracts on the Sabbath.
T. J. Chambers, Bennings, D. C., all of our publications for use among the several thousand employees at the Washington Navy Yard.
Business Notices
BRIEF business notices will be published in this department subject to the discretion of the publishers. A minimum charge of one dollar will be made for one insertion of forty words or less. Three cents a word will be charged for each additional word, and remittance must accompany each order. Initials and figures count as words. Name and address must be counted.
All persons unknown to the managers of this paper must send satisfactory written recommendations whenever submitting notices for insertion in this column.
In the case of poor persons who wish employment, the charge may be remitted, but in order to secure this concession a letter from the elder of the local church of which the advertiser is a member, or from one of our well-known ministers, must accompany the advertisement.
WANTED.—A good, competent hygienic cook for the North Yakima Sanitarium, Wash. Give references and state experience. Apply to F. M. Rossiter, M. D., North Yakima, Wash.
WANTED.—For the Haskell Home, several women who are adapted to work with children, also domestic help for the Haskell and James White Homes. For further information, address Haskell Home, Battle Creek, Mich.
THE Iowa Sanitarium Bakery is prepared to fill all orders for the different health foods, also a number of new nut products. Liberal discount allowed. Write for price-list. Address Iowa Sanitarium Bakery, Des Moines, Iowa.
ALL those wishing to join the November class of the Michigan Sanitarium of Kalamazoo (Mich.) Training-school for Nurses, will find it best to correspond with us at once. Students can pay their way if they wish. Address T. H. Midgley, Superintendent.
WANTED.—Four thoroughly trained, competent lady nurses are wanted for the North Yakima Sanitarium, Wash. None but graduated nurses and those trained in surgical technique need apply. Good wages offered. Give references. Apply to F. M. Rossiter, M. D., North Yakima, Wash.
WANTED AT ONCE.—For private S. D. A. coal-mine, a competent, neat, orderly woman cook. Wages, $5 a week. Girl to help, $3. Man to milk cows, do chores, and drive team, $25 a month and board year round. Several able men to mine coal. Experience not necessary. Average wages, $2.50 a day; board, $3 a week. None but clean, orderly, S. D. A. people need apply. Give age, nationality, close brief description, and references. Address J. W. Ingison, Box 498, Kenmore, N. D.
WANTED.—A woman, white or colored, to assist in housework in small family. An opportunity will be given to learn simple treatments and nursing if desired. For information concerning wages, etc., address at once Dr. Elsie B. Merritt, Princeville, Ill.
WANTED.—To correspond with a motherly Christian woman (not under 35 years of age), in harmony with every phase of the third angel's message, and with more interest in souls than money, concerning the position of house matron in the Michigan Home for Girls. Address Mrs. W. H. McKee, R. F. D. 64, Byron Center, Mich.
Obituaries
By R. D. Hottel; Robt. Bugh; Sarah E. Long; D. U. Hale; M. B. Colcord; J. E. Tenney; C. A. Frederick; B. W. Brown
Ellis.— Died at Richmond, Va., Sept. 16, 1905, Charles Linwood Ellis, infant son of George W. and Emma J. Ellis, aged 1 month and 3 days. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer from 1 Cor. 15: 26. R. D. Hottel.
Bugh.— Died Sept. 6, 1905, Susan Lockard Bugh, aged 81 years, 7 months, and 10 days. She accepted the truth several years ago, and was a firm believer up to the time of her death. She was the mother of thirteen children, eight of whom are living. The remains were interred in Oak Hill Cemetery, Cherokee, Iowa. Robt. Bugh.
Ellis.— Died at Burlington, N. J., at the Home for Aged Women, Aug. 16, 1905, Sister Anna Margaret Ellis, in her eighty-fourth year. Sister Ellis united with the Seventh-day Adventist church at Burlington, N. J., in 1898. She was laid to rest in the Monumental Cemetery at Beverly, N. J. Elder J. E. Jayne spoke words of comfort from Ps. 90: 12. Sarah E. Long.
Goodheart.— Died in Keene, Tex., Aug. 19, 1905, of malaria, Brother E. A. D. Goodheart. His home was in Australia. It was there he accepted the truth. He came to America to complete a medical education, intending to return to his native land to work for the Master. We laid him to rest until the Lord shall call him in the morning of the resurrection. Funeral service was conducted by the writer. D. U. Hale.
Rice.— Died at Grimes, near Port Allegheny, Pa., of typhoid fever, Sept. 13, 1905, Jesse, the nine-year-old son of Mrs. Joel Rice, after an illness of three months. He was a very bright little boy, and a member of the Grimes Sabbath-school. The sympathy of the people are with the bereaved parents in their loss. The funeral service was held at the Grimes church, and was conducted by the writer, from John 14: 2, 3. M. B. Colcord.
Kettle.— Died at his home, in Graysville, Tenn., Sept. 8, 1905, Martin Luther Kettle, in the seventieth year of his age. The deceased had been a believer in the doctrines held by Seventh-day Adventists for more than thirty years, and died in confidence of having a part in the first resurrection. Two grown daughters survive him. Funeral services were conducted by the writer; text, Isa. 55: 8, 9. J. E. Tenney.
Plumb.— Died at Grand Junction, Colo., Sept. 10, 1905, Mrs. Mary J. Plumb, nee Canright, aged 54 years, 3 months, and 6 days. Her last illness revealed the power of the Master to save. On her sick-bed she talked of the second coming of our Lord, and proclaimed the third angel's message with power. Just a year and a day from the time that her mother, Grandma Canright, fell asleep rejoicing in the truth, she also closed her eyes, expecting them to be opened soon by the power of His resurrection. There are six children of the Canright family still living. Funeral service was conducted by the writer, from 1 Thess. 4: 13-18. C. A. Frederick.
Srock.— Died at her home, in Independence, Kan., Aug. 16, 1905, of consumption, Mrs. Amy Srock. She had been a great sufferer for years. She accepted the message for this time a few years ago, and died with the hope of soon meeting the Saviour. She leaves a husband and four children to mourn. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer. B. W. Brown.
Braucht.— Died at Mhoon Valley, Miss., Sept. 14, 1905, Marjorie, the only daughter of Dr. F. E. and Mina Braucht, aged 9 years and 10 months. Marjorie was born in Apia, Samoa, where she spent the greater part of her life. She was a child of amiable, loving disposition, dear to the hearts of all who knew her. The fatal sickness was of short duration. At first the symptoms did not seem at all alarming, but later in the day she was taken with violent convulsions; a physician was called in haste, but before his arrival it was too late. The bereaved father, from whom his family has been separated for months by quarantine regulations, is away in Honduras. The blow falls with unusual weight upon the mother's heart, whose burden of sorrow and anxiety seemed already hard to bear. Her trust is in Him who has said, “My grace is sufficient.” Words of comfort were spoken by the writer from Jer. 31: 16. R. S. Owen.
Nelson.— Died Aug. 31, 1905, at Keene, Tex., Mrs. Anna D. Nelson, wife of Elder N. P. Nelson, aged 67 years, 9 months, and 4 days. Sister Nelson was born in Denmark, Nov. 27, 1843, and came to this country in the spring of 1867, where she was married to N. P. Nelson the fall of the same year. In 1874 they moved to Dakota Territory, and settled in Turner County, of what was afterward South Dakota. In 1874 reading-matter on the third angel's message fell into their hands, and they accepted the truth. This truth Sister Nelson loved dearly until her death. There were born unto her nine children, seven sons and two daughters; five sons and two daughters survive her. From 1875, when the first Seventh-day Adventist church was formed in South Dakota, until her death, Sister Nelson was wholly devoted to the work of the message. She constantly stood by the side of her husband, to cheer him on and aid him in his work. She always stood ready to respond to any call which the General Conference might send to her husband. Sister Nelson was a faithful Sabbath-school teacher for years, a woman of prayer, and constant in her family worship. The Lord blessed her in bringing up her family. All her children are in the truth, and all but one are filling positions of responsibility in the work. Her death falls at this moment as a heavy blow upon her husband, who has been lying at death's door for weeks. Her funeral service was held in the College View Tabernacle, Sabbath morning, September 9. A large assembly was present to pay their last respects to the beloved sister who had been called from them. The great truths of Heb. 2: 11 were used, by the writer, to present the priceless light of God which rolls back the darkness of the present. All the children of Sister Nelson were present at the occasion, except Dr. P. Nelson, who is directing the Frydenstrands Sanatorium, in Frederikshavn, Denmark. The body had been brought from Keene, Tex., and was afterward sent to Hurley, S. D., for burial, where the family burying-ground is located. Her death was sudden, and unexpected to the family, as she was sick only eleven days. But those she leaves behind accept this providence of God, and look forward to the reunion in the morning of the resurrection. B. G. Wilkinson.
“Still Waters”
By Minnie Rosilla Stevens
Sacred Song for Medium Voice
BY MINNIE ROSILLA STEVENS
This music has been published at the composer's own expense, and so far has been circulated only among a select circle of music-loving friends. Now, however, the author offers two hundred and fifty copies—the remainder of the first edition—to the Lord's work, the proceeds to go without restriction to the Southern mission field. Orders are solicited from all music lovers, and all who would like to contribute to a needy cause.
Seventh-day Adventist orchestras, desiring orchestrations of “Still Waters,” beautifully arranged and exquisite in its dreamy sweetness resulting from the combination of instruments, will be supplied without charge so long as extra copies last.
Beautiful copies, published in first-class style, regular author's edition of “Still Waters”—fifty-cent music—for only thirty-five cents a copy. Address the author, Minnie Rosilla Stevens, 402 West Jefferson St., Kirksville, Mo.
October Life and Health Review
THE October number of Life and Health presents an excellent variety of articles in an attractive form. The frontispiece attracts attention at once, being an interior view of a Japanese hospital where Russian officers are under treatment. The contributions by various writers, the editorial articles, the answers to questions, and the health notes—all are practical and interesting. This magazine is gaining a well-deserved reputation as being “safe and sane” on matters pertaining to health, and its circulation is steadily increasing, the edition for October being twenty thousand copies. If all those who are interested in this phase of the truth could make some effort in behalf of Life and Health, it would be an easy matter to double even its present circulation. Is it not worth the while?
Denominational School Announcements
By Editor
This is the time for the opening of a large number of our denominational schools, and we find quite a number of the annual announcements on the editorial table. Those recently received are: Healdsburg College, Healdsburg, Cal., W. E. Howell, President; Keene Industrial Academy, Keene, Tex., C. B. Hughes, Principal; Beechwood Manual Training Academy, Fairland, Ind., B. F. Machlan, Principal; Oakwood Manual Training-school, Huntsville, Ala., G. H. Baber, Principal; The Du Quoin School, Du Quoin, Ill., Arthur C. Haughey, Principal; and Maplewood Academy, Maple Plain, Minn., O. O. Bernstein, Principal. The announcements contain the information needed by prospective students, and can be obtained from the addresses given above.
Order of Services, Sabbath, October 7
By A. G. DANIELLS
ON another page will be found a simple program which it may be well to follow in the exercises on Sabbath, October 7, the day appointed to take a general offering for the work among the colored people. Two readings are to be read,—one from Brother J. E. White, to be read first, and the other from Sister E. G. White. In cases where good readers can be obtained, we suggest that different persons be selected to read these articles.
We urge that the church officers, and all who take part in the service, make an effort to have the services interesting and enthusiastic, so that the day may be a pleasure and blessing to our people. We also plead that a good offering be made to the cause for which this day is set apart. A. G. DANIELLS.
Help for the South
By J. S. WASHBURN
As we were nearing the last General Conference, a united effort was made to send in donations for the Washington work. Now, as we near the collection for the work for the colored people, we trust there may be the same united effort to lift the work for the colored people out of the deep need into which it has fallen, that it may rise into the light of encouragement and the assurance of success and victory. The regular Southern fund is increasing, though we could wish with much more rapidity.
“The Southern field is right in the shadow of your own doors. It is as land that has had a touch of the plow here and there, and then has been left by the plowman, who has been attracted to some easier or more promising field; but those who work the Southern field must make up their minds to practise self-denial. Those who would aid in this work must also practise self-denial, in order that facilities may be provided whereby the field may be worked.” The day is near at hand when those who help the needy will receive their reward.
J. S. WASHBURN.
The Editor’s Correspondence
On returning to the office after an absence of more than a month, the editor of the REVIEW finds many letters demanding attention. He wishes to say to his correspondents that he will reply to their communications as promptly as other pressing duties will permit.
Professor Bland’s New Appointment
PROF. W. T. BLAND, who has been assistant treasurer of the General Conference for over two years, has accepted the position of principal of the Sheridan (Ill.) Industrial Academy, and has entered upon his duties. Professor Bland brings to his new appointment an experience in educational work which warrants the expectation of a successful administration.